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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Life Course Res. 2016 Oct 25;31:11–21. doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2016.10.004

Table 5.

Random Intercept Models Predicting Abstract Reasoning, WLS 1957–2011

1 2 3 4 5

B s.e. B s.e. B s.e. B s.e. B s.e.
Age −0.006** 0.002 −0.005* 0.002 −0.005* 0.002 −0.004 0.002 −0.005* 0.002
Retirement Status Not Retired (ref)
Dichotomous Retired 0.038* 0.019 0.053** 0.018
Reason Voluntary 0.051** 0.020
Family Related 0.125** 0.048
Involuntary 0.040 0.041
Health Related 0.025 0.042
Duration linear 0.002 0.002
ln 0.011* 0.005
Education (ref: High School) Some College 0.240*** 0.029 0.240*** 0.029 0.239*** 0.029 0.239*** 0.029
Bachelor’s 0.352*** 0.031 0.352*** 0.031 0.351*** 0.031 0.351*** 0.031
Graduate/Prof. Degree 0.466*** 0.036 0.466*** 0.036 0.464*** 0.036 0.465*** 0.036
Job Characteristics
Occ. Education Score 0.044*** 0.013 0.044*** 0.013 0.044** 0.013 0.044** 0.013
Class of Worker (ref: Private Worker) Government 0.041 0.025 0.040 0.025 0.044 0.025 0.042 0.025
Self-Employed −0.045 0.029 −0.045 0.029 −0.051 0.029 −0.046 0.029
Occupation (ref: Other White Collar) Upper White Collar 0.086** 0.030 0.086** 0.030 0.086** 0.030 0.086** 0.030
Blue Collar −0.033 0.029 −0.034 0.029 −0.034 0.029 −0.034 0.029
Service Industries 0.004 0.023 0.003 0.023 0.001 0.023 0.003 0.023
Personal Characteristics Male −0.003 0.022 −0.044* 0.021 −0.042* 0.021 −0.046* 0.021 −0.044* 0.021
Married −0.014 0.020 −0.013 0.020 −0.015 0.020 −0.016 0.020
Father’s SEI −0.000 0.000 −0.000 0.000 −0.000 0.000 −0.000 0.000
Mother’s Education 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004
1957 Family Income −0.020 0.015 −0.020 0.015 −0.019 0.015 −0.020 0.015
Cognition at 16 0.022*** 0.001 0.022*** 0.001 0.022*** 0.001 0.022*** 0.001
Stroke −0.084 0.047 −0.081 0.047 −0.073 0.048 −0.076 0.048
Heart 0.009 0.022 0.011 0.022 0.010 0.022 0.010 0.022
Diabetes −0.026 0.025 −0.025 0.025 −0.021 0.025 −0.023 0.025
Cancer 0.007 0.025 0.008 0.025 0.008 0.025 0.007 0.025
Pension Available 0.021 0.017 0.021 0.017 0.019 0.017 0.019 0.017
Networth 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
First Measurement Wave −0.025 0.032 0.001 0.032 0.002 0.032 −0.016 0.033 −0.010 0.032

Intercept 0.348* 0.144 −2.001*** 0.206 −2.000*** 0.206 −2.012*** 0.217 −1.948*** 0.212

Observations 14542 14537 14537 14499 14499

SD(slope) 0.016 0.003 0.016 0.003 0.016 0.003 0.016 0.003 0.016 0.003
SD(intercept) 1.201 0.144 1.113 0.153 1.114 0.153 1.105 0.154 1.110 0.154
Corr (Intercept, Slope) −0.789 0.056 −0.873 0.036 −0.874 0.036 −0.871 0.038 −0.873 0.037
Residual 0.657 0.007 0.656 0.007 0.656 0.007 0.657 0.007 0.657 0.007
Rho 0.770 0.742 0.742 0.739 0.741

Likelihood Ratio Test 3465.93 0.000 1700.18 0.000 1697.65 0.000 1653.81 0.000 1692.66 0.000

Notes:

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001